“No.”
“Where was she when Mercedes started away?”
“Where was she when the many trunks were being made ready for the journey?”
“She had been sent into the city on an errand. The trunks had left the house when she returned and she was only just in time to see my sister depart.”
“What was it she said to you about the trunks?”
“Merely that she thought it strange that her mistress had taken so many trunks and so many things with her.”
“In short, Danton, the maid told you those things simply to give you an opportunity to question her.”
“By Jove, Carter, I believe now that she did that very thing. She wanted me to question her.”
“Which proves that she knew many things which she believed you should know, but which her position forbade her from volunteering to tell.”
“Yes. I see it now. But it is better as it is, for I would have garbled the whole thing. Now, you will question her, and so get at the core of the thing.”